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KH-4 9039
KH-4 9039 was launched on July 21, 1962 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Aug 14, 1962).
COSPAR 1962 A ETANORAD 344United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FTV 1130
- Common name
- KH-4 9039
- Payload designation
- CORONA M-8
- Other names
- :UF,:CC,NRO Mission 9039:CM,CORONA 46:CA,MURAL 8
- International designator
- 1962 A ETA
- NORAD catalog number
- 344
- GCAT identifier
- S00344
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.015
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CORONA M
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- CORONA KH-4
Launch
- Date
- July 21, 1962 · 00:56 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 A ETASuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 200 km
- Apogee
- 364 km
- Inclination
- 70.31°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- August 14, 1962
- Last known active
- Jul 26, 1962
- End of operations
- Jul 26, 1962
Size
- Mass
- 176 kg
- Dry mass
- 176 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,236 kg
- Length
- 2.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9196232 (CC0).